As human beings, we desire to be seen, to be heard, to feel loved and as a photographer it is engrained within us to see and make the invisible visible.
- Find whatever it is you love to photograph, it will feel right.
- When you’re trying to figure out why the hell you photograph the things you do, slow down and allow the work to speak to you.
- Realize the implications of certain imagery, the history behind photography, and where it’s headed now.
- Somewhere between always analyzing everything and constantly defending your medium, don’t forget to find joy in making photographs again.
- Consider your position in the act of photographing a subject. (ex. A white man of extreme privilege’s position in photographing third world countries’ communities that he is not a part of. We have enough of those.)
- Embrace the anxiety; it’s natural.
- Find your happy place that gets you moving to make work and make a lot of it. The work doesn’t have to be good, a lot of it will be bad but it is still work that leads to better things.
- Read everything you can get your hands on.
- Take long walks.
- Get lost.